The Management Minute by Andrew Walters

Game wardens have a difficult, often dangerous job with every person met unique and each state of affairs distinctive. Add to all that the stress from the high probability that the person they’re encountering is armed with a firearm or knife! Let’s make their lives...

Even if you have the best spot in the world, if you alert whitetails to your presence before you get there, it really doesn’t matter.  Stand approach is an often overlooked aspect of the hunt. You must get to your ambush site without alerting any animals. Obviously...

As I sat in my tree stand for the first time on a new piece of property, I could not help but wonder if I was in the right spot to get close enough to a deer to make a harvest. I acquired a new place to hunt from a local farmer during the first week of November. I...

By Todd Amenrud Whitetails literally “live by their sense of smell.” It plays a role in every part of their survival (finding food, evading danger, locating a mate, etc). Their elongated nose is able to house oodles of nasal receptors – for some perspective; humans...

Introducing new hunters (young or old) to the sport is probably one of the most exciting and important things veteran hunters can do. We all remember some of our first successful hunts when the adrenaline is cranking and we are “warm with achievement.” There are many...

EVERY LITTLE BIT COUNTS As most of you know, plants, whether they are a crop or native vegetation, are “nutrient and energy transfer agents for our wildlife.” The nutrients from the soil and the energy from the sun are contained in the plants. We want that to be...

My bow was shooting okay last year. My sights are on. I cannot get pumped about season until it gets a little cooler temperature. These are all excuses that hunters use as to why they do not partake in summertime archery practice. Does practicing throughout the summer...

By an overwhelming majority, the United States Senate recently passed Great American Outdoors Act (S. 3422) on a strong bipartisan vote of 73-25. The Act represents a huge commitment to increasing public access for America’s anglers, hunters, and other recreationists,...

My bow was shooting okay last year. My sights are on. I cannot get pumped about season until it gets a little cooler temperature. These are all excuses that hunters use as to why they do not partake in summertime archery practice. Does practicing throughout the summer...

With the dry conditions many folks in the mid-south and southeast have dealt with this planting season, early fall food plots may have been a bust. Using a no-till drill can also be a life saver when you have to plant late or in dry fall conditions. Often times a...